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Archives: Open Access

Guest Post — Trust and Transparency in Open Access Book Publishing :  Part 2

How does the Directory of Open Access Books navigate challenges to instill trust and transparency. Part 2 of 2.

  • By Jordy Findanis, Niels Stern
  • Jun 4, 2025
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Guest Post — Trust and Transparency in Open Access Book Publishing:  Part 1

How does the Directory of Open Access Books navigate challenges to instill trust and transparency. Part 1 of 2.

  • By Jordy Findanis, Niels Stern
  • Jun 3, 2025
  • 0 Comments

Ask The Chefs — The NIH Steps on the Open Access Accelerator

The NIH has answered the lingering questions about the future of the Nelson Memo. Not only is it still in effect, it’s being accelerated by six months. We asked the Chefs for their thoughts.

  • By David Crotty, Rick Anderson, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Haseeb Irfanullah, Todd A Carpenter
  • May 5, 2025
  • 10 Comments

Guest Post — The Open Access – AI Conundrum: Does Free to Read Mean Free to Train?

It is time for OA proponents to engage in public debate with academic associations, universities and national funding agencies, because the widespread use of academic content in AI models poses significant risks for the research ecosystem.

  • By Stephanie Decker
  • Apr 15, 2025
  • 15 Comments

Defending the “Walled Garden”: Yes, Academic Libraries Actually Should Focus on the Needs of Their Host Institutions

Academic libraries’ first and most fundamental obligation is to support the work of their host institutions. This doesn’t preclude global engagement, but may put constraints upon it.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Feb 13, 2025
  • 27 Comments

The Year in Review: 2024 in The Scholarly Kitchen

Before we plunge into 2025, a look back at 2024, a year of uncertainty in The Scholarly Kitchen.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 6, 2025
  • 0 Comments

Chatting at the Kitchen Table about India’s ONOS Deal

India’s recently announced One Nation, One Subscription plan is in some ways an audacious step into the future and, in other ways, an embrace of the past. What are its implications?

  • By Rick Anderson, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Dec 10, 2024
  • 12 Comments

Access to Science & Scholarship: An Interview with Amy Brand of MIT Press

On September 20, 2024, MIT Press hosted a workshop, Access to Science & Scholarship:  An Evidence Base to Support the Future of Open Research Policy. I interviewed Amy Brand to discuss the goals and outcomes of the workshop.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Dec 5, 2024
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A Dissonance of Ideals: Openness, Copyright, and AI

Robert Harington attempts to reveal inherent conflicts in our drive to be as open as possible, authors’ need to understand their rights, and a library’s mandate to provide their patrons with the enhanced discovery that comes with AI’s large language models (LLMs).

  • By Robert Harington
  • Nov 25, 2024
  • 5 Comments

Green Open Access – Free for Authors But at a Cost for Readers

Pursuit of Green open access rather than Gold not only preserves the subscription system but also imposes hidden costs on readers.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Nov 12, 2024
  • 72 Comments

Guest Post:  This Open Access Week Theme Has a Distinguished History

Some thoughts on this year’s Open Access Week theme, “community over commercialization.”

  • By Mark Hooper
  • Oct 22, 2024
  • 0 Comments

Guest Post — Equitable Scholarly Communication: Realistic or Idealistic?

Daniel Dollar offers an update on the work being done by Research4Life and a call for action.

  • By Daniel Dollar
  • Oct 1, 2024
  • 6 Comments

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table – Michael Levine-Clark

In today’s Chef de Cuisine article, Robert Harington talks with Michael Levine-Clark, Dean of the University of Denver Libraries. The University Libraries are currently ranked as the #3 “best college library” by Princeton Review.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Jul 9, 2024
  • 2 Comments

Oxford Administrators Want OA Policy Removed from REF 2029. I Have an Even Better Idea.

Three Oxford administrators want to lower the cost of mandatory open access by shifting the responsibility for enforcement to funding agencies. But that doesn’t lower costs at all; it only shifts them. To truly lower costs, stop trying to make open access mandatory.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jun 17, 2024
  • 6 Comments

Guest Post — Researcher to Reader Recap

Heather Staines offers a recap of the most recent Researcher to Reader meeting.

  • By Heather Staines
  • May 7, 2024
  • 0 Comments

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